#234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order - FightCamp: https://joinfightcamp.com/lex to get free shipping - Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off - Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit - Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: Stephen's Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram Stephen's Blog: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com Wolfram Physics Project: https://www.wolframphysics.org A New Kind of Science (book): https://amzn.to/30XoEun Fundamental Theory of Physics (book): https://amzn.to/30XbAoT PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:50) - What is complexity (20:51) - Randomness in the universe (25:12) - The Wolfram Physics Project (37:14) - Space and time are discrete (49:19) - Quantum mechanics and hypergraphs (58:33) - What is intelligence (1:09:16) - Computational equivalence (1:17:36) - What it is like to be a cellular automata (1:32:00) - Making prediction vs explanations (1:45:20) - Why does the universe exist (1:51:01) - The universe and rulial space (1:59:44) - Does an atom have consciousness (2:10:10) - Why does our universe exist (2:18:41) - What is outside the ruliad (2:29:15) - Automated proof systems (2:45:10) - Multicomputation for biology (3:03:41) - Cardano NFT collaboration with Wolfram Alpha (3:10:41) - Global theory of economics